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The £145 million High Street Stimulus Scheme will see all those aged over 18 eligible for a £100 pre-paid card to spend.

Voucher scheme have opened. the £145 million scheme is designed to boost activity in businesses hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, like non essential retail and hospitality. everyone in northern ireland who is aged 18 and over can apply for a £100 "spend local" card to use in shops before the end of november. the cards are expected to arrive seven to ten days after you apply. after 18 months, the government fulough scheme that's been helping to support the wages of people whose jobs have been hit by the covid lockdowns comes to an end this week. as our business correspondent nina warhu...

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play-icon Created with Sketch. Jersey's government has announced how much money it spent responding to the coronavirus pandemic during 2020. The cost, up until the end of December, reached £190 million. Newly released figures also show exactly where that money was spent. £97.9m Went on Payroll Co-funding which at one stage supported one in three private sector workers - that's 17,000 people. £16.2m Paid for the Test and Trace system which during that time carried out 220,000 Covid tests. £11.6m Funded the Spend Local cards, giving every person £100 to spend in the island's businesses, as...